Effects of shiitake (Lentinus edodes) extract on human neutrophils and the U937 monocytic cell line

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Sia, G M ^a   Candlish, J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lentinus edodes; Mushroom; Neutrophil; Shiitake; U937

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LENTINAN; PLANT EXTRACT; SHIITAKE EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSHROOM; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; LENTINULA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; SUPEROXIDES; U937 CELLS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS;

EID: 0033056741     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199903)13:2<133::AID-PTR398>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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